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Critiquing consumerism

Rafael Serrano | 29 November 2005

British philosopher John Haldane thinks that religion has a bad PR problem and that people with deep religious convictions need to freshen up their image.



A tale of two weddings

Carolyn Moynihan | 27 November 2005

Two women marry. One becomes a princess and the other becomes a commoner, but both seem to be richer where it counts.



Is intelligent design really science?

Michael Cook | 23 November 2005

Is intelligent design really science? Or is it a kind of disguised creationism? MercatorNet interviews a philosopher who has been tracking the debate.



Peter Drucker (1909-2005)

Guido Stein | 19 November 2005

After Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Drucker, who died this week, was probably the best-known Austrian in the English-speaking world. An expert on his work explains why he has been so influential.



Who cares? The crisis facing an ageing society

Carolyn Moynihan | 19 November 2005

When the baby boom generation embraced birth control they forgot to ask who would support them and look after them in their old, old age.



Private vices, public vices

Alejo Sison | 19 November 2005

New Jersey voters overlooked the messy marriage breakup of Senator Jon Corzine and elected him governor anyway. An expert in business ethics asks what lessons can be drawn from this.



900 years of Russian masterpieces

Sarah Phelps Smith | 18 November 2005

The Guggenheim's bold survey of the progress of the art of Russia offers stunning insights into its culture from early icons to the avant-garde.



Dressing up old ideas in post-modern clothes

Christopher Martin | 12 November 2005

Post-modern literary theory is touted as the latest and greatest, but it is actually based on an old-fashioned approach to how we know things.



Is English law incoherent about life?

William Keenan | 12 November 2005

A series of decisions about English law in right-to-life cases over the last 15 years threatens the traditional view of the sanctity of life.



Development requires virtue, says Nobel Peace Prize winner

Alistair Gould | 12 November 2005 | comment 1

MercatorNet interviews 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, founder of Kenya's Green Belt Movement.



Weakening the rights of children

Gerald Mercer | 28 October 2005

Sure, adults deserve to have their fundamental human rights protected. But why don't we set the same standard for their children?



Another side to African debt relief

Eugene Agboifo Ohu | 28 October 2005 | comment 1

Despite the well-publicised generosity of the G8 countries in forgiving US$18 billion of their country's debt, ordinary Nigerians are not rejoicing.



The noble art of statesmanship

Carolyn Moynihan | 28 October 2005

If one is looking for a model statesman, it is difficult to go past Thomas More, the English Lord Chancellor who lost his head for resisting Henry VIII.



Why do science?

Carolyn Moynihan | 22 October 2005

The West is losing its scientific lead in the world and governments are looking for ways to attract more young people to the laboratory. But can they succeed against the attractions of a consumer society?



Jurassic theories

Michael Cook | 21 October 2005

An expert on dinosaurs claims to have delivered a killer blow to the credentials of religion by examining international health statistics. It's not very convincing.



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